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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Sarasohn, Lisa T., 1950- author.     Subjects     Pests -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.     Pests -- Social aspects -- North America.     Pests -- Control -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain.     Pests -- Control -- Economic aspects -- North America.     Pests -- Psychological aspects.     Pests in literature.     Human-animal relationships -- Great Britain.     Human-animal relationships -- North America.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sarasohn, Lisa T., 1950- author.       by title:      Getting under our sk...         MARC Display

Getting under our skin : the cultural and social history of vermin / Lisa T. Sarasohn. by Sarasohn, Lisa T., 1950- author. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021. Subjects Pests -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.   Pests -- Social aspects -- North America.   Pests -- Control -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain.   Pests -- Control -- Economic aspects -- North America.   Pests -- Psychological aspects.   Pests in literature.   Human-animal relationships -- Great Britain.   Human-animal relationships -- North America. ISBN:  9781421441382 (hardcover) 1421441381 (hardcover) Description:  ix, 278 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm Contents:  Introduction. Vermin in history -- "That nauseous venomous insect" : bedbugs in early modern Britain -- Bedbugs creeping through modern times -- Praying lice : creeping into religion, science, and sexuality -- Lousy societies : infesting the lower classes and foreigners -- The perils of lice in the modern world -- The flea in humanity's ear -- Fleas become killer comedians : literal and linguistic weapons -- Rodents gnaw through the centuries -- The two cultures of rats, 1800-2020 -- Conclusion. The power of vermin. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Vermin are not only pestering; they shape the way people look at each other and are a way that some people get to feel superior to others"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 632.96094 Sa Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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